Jail drug search yields nothing
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Nakhon Ratchasima police joined forces with related officials yesterday to search the Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison for drugs but found none.
However three male inmates tested positive for drugs and their reported confession of trading 20 cigarette packs for one yaba tablet from a fellow inmate prompted officials to investigate further.
Provincial Police Region 3 deputy chief Pol Maj-General Chakthip Lohasudsakul and prison director Sudsawad Sancharoen led the 500-strong team to search the prison cells for drugs and other contraband at 4am, according to police.
They found home-made spikes along with cigarettes and cartoon books with porn pictures hidden inside.
The officials focused on Zone 1 inmates and also conducted urine tests.
A ball of plasticine containing 190 yaba tablets was thrown over Sakhon Nakhon Prison’s 5.8-metre-high wall, but patrol guards intercepted it before inmates were released into the yard yesterday morning.
